leap year in Malay
tahun lompat
UK/ˈliːp ˌjɪə//ˈlip ˌjɪ(ə)ɹ/
leap year in Malay: tahun lompat. In English, leap year means a year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.
Malay words for leap year
- year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February
- tahun lompat
English meaning of leap year
- noun A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.
- noun Any other year featuring intercalation, such as a year in a lunisolar calendar with 13 months instead of 12, used to maintain its alignment with the seasons of the solar year.
Synonyms of leap year
- bissext
- bissextile
- bissextile year
- intercalary year
leap year in other languages
Questions about leap year in Malay
- What is the meaning of leap year in Malay?
- Leap year in Malay is tahun lompat.
- Apakah maksud leap year dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Leap year: tahun lompat.
- What does leap year mean in English?
- Leap year means a year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: leap year (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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